Crime comedy starring Kevin Spacey and Frank Whaley. Film graduate Guy (Whaley) has just started working as an assistant to influential Hollywood executive Buddy Ackerman (Spacey). Despite ignoring his predecessor's warnings, Guy soon discovers that Ackerman is indeed the forewarned ruthless individual when he loses control and humiliates Guy by giving him a vicious dressing down. The witnessing producer, Dawn (Michelle Forbes), offers Guy solace by employing him for one of her productions, which they then proceed to sell to Buddy. But this is only the beginning of the double dealings, deception and revenge that leads Guy to kidnap his once abusive boss...